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 100 STAT. 988 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 215.

45 USC 157. 45 USC 159.

PUBLIC LAW 99-431—SEPT. 30, 1986

conditions shall apply to the dispute referred to in Executive Order Numbered 12557 of May 16, 1986, between the common rail carriers, Maine Central Railroad Company and Portland Terminal Company (hereafter in this resolution referred to as the "carriers") and the employees of such carriers represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.

(1) The parties to such dispute shall take all necessary steps to restore or preserve the conditions out of which such dispute arose as such conditions existed before 12:01 ante meridiem of March 3, 1986, except as provided in paragraphs (2) through (4). (2) The report and recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board Numbered 209 shall be binding on the parties and shall have the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), except that nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent a mutual written agreement by the parties to any terms and conditions different from those established by this joint resolution. (3)(A) If there are unresolved implementing issues remaining with respect to the report and recommendations or agreement under paragraph (2) after ten days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the parties to the dispute shall enter into binding arbitration to provide for a resolution of such issues. (B) The National Mediation Board established by section 4 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 154) shall appoint an arbitrator to resolve the issues described in subparagraph (A). Except as provided in this joint resolution, such arbitration shall be conducted as if it were under section 7 of such Act, and any award of such arbitration shall be enforceable as if under section 9 of such Act. (4) Within thirty days after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the binding arbitration entered into pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be completed. Approved September 30, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 415: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 23, considered and passed House. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 22 (1986): Sept. 30, Presidential statement.

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